Weird Things About Airtunes
2006 April 24
Airtunes is Apple’s technology that lets you stream music from iTunes to an Airport Express, which in turn connects to your stereo. Net effect: I press play on my Powerbook, music comes out of my stereo downstairs. It’s dead cool.
But… some obvious things that seem easy-ish to do, yet aren’t there.
- Why does no-one sell a snap-on adapter for the iPod that lets you stream from the iPod to the Airport? (they do, it’s called a Powerbook). Probably because Apple hasn’t really published details of how Airtunes works, I guess.
- Why can’t my iTunes be an Airtunes receiver as well as a transmitter? I could switch it into passive mode, connect some nice laptop speakers and let other people stream music via my Powerbook. Sure, I can “pull” music using iTunes sharing, but why not let other people “push” as well?
The problem with so much Apple stuff is that the designs are so integrated, you keep seeing holes to plug.
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